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Working in the End Times, Mark 13
Mark 13 Chapter Breakdown: 1-4 The great buildings will be torn down 5-13 Times of persecution of believers 14-23 Tribulation in the days of the Abomination of Desolation 24-27 The Son of Man comes and the angels take away his people 28-32 The span of … Continue reading
Two Questions regarding Sin’s Consequences in the OT
I received these questions recently. Though they involve God’s Old Testament covenant with the Jews, they are still relevant to the church today. “If a person is to bear the responsibility for their own sinful action, why did God also … Continue reading
A Visual Gospel Presentation
I’ve been going to the local pier to join several others for one-on-one evangelism. It’s a popular spot, especially on Friday evenings. This group uses a carnival-like spinning wheel with a sign over it, “Spin For Free Candy” (not seen … Continue reading
Is Our Faith Real?
James 2:20-26 uses the story of Abraham to help us see if our faith is biblical faith, or if it’s something else. God told Abraham to go and offer his son Isaac on the mountain. This is the same God … Continue reading
Meditation, James 1
The “testing of your faith produces endurance” (James 1:3). God is using situations around us to apply pressure to us and our faith. Some of us think we’ll grow spiritually by reading something and understanding it. But the fruit of … Continue reading
A Father’s Gift
The Word of God is a declaration of the love of God the Father to His Son. God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, three persons in one God, what the Christians call the Trinity. This is how God describes … Continue reading
Meditation in Mark 8, A Deeper Healing
Some of the townsfolk brought a blind man to Jesus and urged Him to touch him (Mark 8:22-25). Here’s a blind man wondering, “Who is this stranger? What does He want? What is going on here?” Jesus, seeing the true … Continue reading
Becoming a People of Faith
This is another article in the series that addresses how the Word of God changes us. We want to be people of God. How does the Bible get us there? Hebrews 11:1 gives us important traits about the biblical faith … Continue reading
Why does God want Christians to reign with Him?
God made us with built-in impulses. Two of them are to be rewarded and honored. Reigning with Him by passing the test fairly satisfies both of these impulses. We want to be recognized. God offers that recognition by giving us … Continue reading
Christian: Do you hesitate to observe Easter or Christmas?
I listened to a sermon on the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It was preached to a congregation which met at 6am at the church outside on Easter morning. To them, the sunrise was a reminder of the dawn of Jesus’ … Continue reading
How we benefit from the death of Jesus Christ
What purpose did the death of Jesus, the Son of God, serve? Hebrews 2:14-18 gives us insight into this aspect of His death, burial, and resurrection. “Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise … Continue reading
Letter to a Pen Pal
I had a thought. (I get those now and then.) People say the Bible is a handbook of life. But not quite. It doesn’t tell us which college to enter, which person to marry, which career to go into, right? … Continue reading
Meditation: “Love one Another” (1 Corinthians 13)
First Corinthians 13:1-8 has been oft quoted at weddings simply because its topic is love. But Paul the apostle did not have marriage in mind when he wrote this. He had church gatherings in view. First Corinthians 13 is the … Continue reading
Politics and the Christian
The problem with political parties is not their individual takes on the nation’s issues. The problem is that they are filled with sinners, people who too frequently are without God’s level-headed wisdom and guidance. The problem with the politicians in … Continue reading
“Why do we do that?”
John’s disciples came to Jesus with a question. They asked, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?” (Matthew 9:14-17). The implications of this question are relevant to us today. First, I can imagine … Continue reading
The Unintuitive Gospel
Paul the apostle received the gospel as a revelation from God. No man taught him the Good News. The Spirit showed it to him (Galatians 1:11-12). Therefore, it’s not intuitive that God so loved the world that He gave us … Continue reading
Your God is Too Small
I’ve been reading a book for the second time since I rediscovered it in the bargain bin: Your God Is Too Small, by J.B. Phillips. What he wrote about Christians and their small love applies to what I’ve been reading … Continue reading
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The Incarnation of the Son of God
Before we can address the theme of the Son of God becoming flesh, we should remind ourselves of why he came to be born here in the first place. In the Garden of Eden, Adam chose the way of disobedience … Continue reading
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Come Before His Presence with Thanksgiving
The first three verses of Psalm 95 call us to sing, give thanks, and worship the LORD, Yahweh, the Rock of salvation, the great God, the great King above all gods. This God is distinct among all the man-made gods … Continue reading
Overcoming Sin
Are you dealing with sin in your life? The angel told Joseph that he was to name the baby JESUS, “for He will save His people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21). So, are you dealing with sin? Are you increasingly … Continue reading
NOTW
The flesh provides the entryways though which the world and the devil can enter. The eyes, ears, mind, senses—these are all underground tunnels through which the enemy may enter and we may be taken captive. What are you listening to? What are you thinking about? What are you watching? Whatever is not of God and His liberty is from the enemy. Are you a friend of the world or of God? Continue reading
Last Days Timeline
I created a last days timeline based on the 500+ page book, The Sign (3rd revised edition, 2000), by the late Robert Van Kampen. Take a quick look at it here, then tap on Home to return to this page.
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The End Times According to Daniel 9
The Bible gives us several timelines of key end-times events that transpire before Christ returns. We covered one such timeline in Daniel 7. In this article we will look at another timeline, this one from Daniel 9.
About the Israel/UAE Peace Treaty, August 2020
This post is a follow-up to a popular page, Why does the Bible talk about Israel signing a peace treaty? This is my own research into the covenant with Israel, a peace treaty brokered in August 2020 by the Trump … Continue reading
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Christ is Not Far Away
Christ is not far from us. “But the righteousness which is of faith says this, ‘Don’t say in your heart, “Who will ascend into heaven?” (that is, to bring Christ down); or, “Who will descend into the abyss?” (that is, … Continue reading
Letter to a pen pal, July 2020
Now as to prayer. You find great resistance to prayer from outside because Satan fears prayer. Through prayer and the teaching of the Spirit you take hold of all the resources of God to live a holy life that is … Continue reading
Author Reads on YouTube
I started a channel on YouTube where I read selected portions of my books. You can listen to my (terrible) voice in my channel found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6UPOqg6J4Q&list=PLPQQ4ORCPeQA7tqGZal2VI0sJQVzuGGEc I’ll be adding more Author Reads over the coming weeks until I’ve included … Continue reading
Father’s Day
As I was growing up, I didn’t know that I was supposed to feel an emotional love of a father. I was young and full of me, myself, and I. I was busy with different things, doing magic tricks, slot … Continue reading
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Meditation, “Full of Trouble”
Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble. He grows up like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.Job 14:1-2 Job’s pains go on and … Continue reading
Weathering the Pandemic
One of the pieces of financial wisdom I’ve read again and again is that when you invest your money for retirement, you think long-term. You don’t yank the money out every time the stock market appears to be sinking and … Continue reading
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